Dallas 2019 Agenda

If you have any questions or would like to be considered as a speaker, panelist, chairman or roundtable facilitator, get in touch with Diana Dropol the conference director on +44 (0) 207 375 7528Â (Global) or e-mail diana@newenergyupdate.com

Hear from key utilities, asset owners and IPPs on their operational goals for wind and solar assets

Assess the vast operational successes/ gains made nationwide and lessons learned along the way

Identify any pain points in existing operational delivery from the top and where optimization is most needed

Explore executive-level insights in to optimization strategies to address those pain point, plus input from the audience

Jorge Villalobos
General Manager of Operations (Wind/Solar)
Shell New Energies

Gerrud Wallaert
Senior Vice President Engineering
E.ON

Jason Allen
Chief Operations Officer
Leeward Renewable Energy

Jeff Wehner
Vice President Renewables
Duke Energy Corporation

Chris Eugster
Chief Operations Officer
CPS Energy

Ian MacRobbie
Vice President, Operations Liberty (Algonquin) Power

Policy outlook and opportunities for solar owner-operators in Texas

Get an overview of the latest Texas policy updates and how they might impact the future of your solar asset and their overall profitability

With high renewable energy penetration, and with battery storage, distributed generation, and electric vehicles becoming more prevalent, find out about the changes that you need to take into account while maintaining electric reliability and system integrity

Vanessa Tutos
Director Government Affairs
EDP Renewables

How to Maximize the value of your Assets In the South (Texas and Surrounding areas)

Find out innovative strategies to truly capitalize on the attractive PPAs in the Texas market and discuss how the policy scheme will impact the PV market in Texas

Understand the policy scheme and adapt to the current market conditions to learn best practice when it comes to technical due diligence

With the Texas power grid going greener at a rapid pace and some of the commercially-friendly PPAs, find out how to maximize your PV assets value in this region

Gain insight into developing and negotiating bankable contracts and learn how to make the case for making the case for PPAs that are in favour of the asset owner

Standardization - how to mitigate risk factors to make sure that you maintain your Service Level Agreement

See how to meet your Service Level Agreement [SLA] by providing a Scope of Work that will ensure performance guarantees are met, including the interface between EPC warranty/contractor and O&M warranty/contractor

Discover how theÂ PV industry has changed in the last 40 years, where it is now and what steps must be taken for it to become a mature industry

Find out about the development of PV O&M reliability and availability standards and what lessons can be applied form other utility-backed technologies.

Learn how improved reliability and availability standards will lead to greater control over faults, failures, and labor costs

What are the key operational takeaways that can be utilized for battery O&M activities?

How are owner-operator affected by the fact that PV warranty, plant performance, SCADA, availability and maintenance are managed by separate entities, whereas in storage they are bundled together into one O&M package

Discuss the different O&M models available to owners for PV + Storage projects

How Utilities Value and Monetize PV + Storage Power Plants

Hear key insights from utility scale PV + storage project owners

Find out the general plans to implement utility scale PV + storage projects in the next five years

What is the impact of climate change on utility PV plant performance and guarantees?

A look at what Wind and Solar asset owners may need to do to ready themselves for wind + storage domination

Dan Shreve
Partner
Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables

Energy Storage 101 Workshop

This session is designed to equip you with the information necessary to decide on battery storage implementation. Share insights/concerns with key stakeholders in the industry and understand which technologies are most applicable to you

Understand use case study examples from battery storage owners, developers and operators and how you can build a viable business model around this

Be joined by peers from the solar PV industry (from the co-located Solar PV O&M Dallas conference) who will add even more expertise to this interactive session